Can't see SSD in Solus

gizmo1479

Hi,

I'm trying to dual boot solus and Windows on my NvME SSD. When I boot solus from my USB it doesn't even show my SSD at all. In my /dev/sda it shows my HDD and a microsoft/windows 25MiB partition.

I tried creating a nfts linux partition on this SSD and it still wasn't showing up. I also have AHCI boot on the linux along with fast boot and secure boot turned off. I want to be able to install this on my SSD but I don't know why it isnt showing up

Dean

If I understand correctly, you have 2 drives (one HDD and one Nvme). On the HDD you have windows installed and the othe nvme its empty. Correct?
Can you give a little more information? Where are you giving it NTFS format, windows or gparted? Does the nvme show up in the bios? What brand/model is it? Do you have the same problem with other distro installations?

gizmo1479

Dean
Essentially my windows is installed on my SSD. The SSD is: "Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive"
I tried creating an unallocated partition on this at one point, and at another point I made a new volume out of that space correctly NTFS formated inside windows before switching over to linux. Nothing that I has tried has worked. Essentially the drive just does not show up in Solus plasma. All I see in my /dev/sda is my HDD and a microsoft partition that is very small.

The NvME does show up in my BIOS.
Note: I have no access to my SSD in solus no matter if it is through Gparted or through the solus installation screen. I have not yet tried other distributions to see if I could access it then.

EDIT:
I tried using an ISO image of Ubuntu on my usb instead and when I ran that it still didn't detect my SSD so I don't think this is just a Solus problem. Whenever I go into my BIOS and change my RAID settings to AHCI input (and save and exit) I think it automatically switches it back to RAID and I think that might be my problem. I'm unsure.

Dean

gizmo1479 Not sure about the settings in your bios as I don´t have mine configured as RAID, but the Solus installer it's supposed to detect you windows installation and partition it by itself, you don't need to partition it yourself, it will only ask you how much of the space you want to conserve in windows.

So it's not showing all the drive like this?

In your it's suppose to show something like those two drives and the pendrive in the top right of gparted.

gizmo1479

Dean this is correct it is not showing anything like that. It essentially can't be found in Solus or Ubuntu at this point. I think it may be because of Intel RST I'm not sure.

Dean

gizmo1479 Do you use your hard drives as Raid?